Benjamin wolhaupter



(No Modem B. WOLHAUPTER.

TIE PLATE.

Patented Ma. 7 1895.

's" was-providedw-ith a. top ridga or tlange against' i, STATES TiE-PL ATE Io ll whom- :St-may concerm- Be it-knownthat- I; BEJAMIN WOLH'UP win enable' others skmedni nie zm w which.

TER, a subject 'ofthe Queen'of Great Britain,

it pertains to 'mtl'e -nd' use the same, 'reference being had to the a'ecom pan yingdrawings,

which fo'in'l apart of' thisspeoificzition.

Hretofore in" 'the useof i'alvvay tie plates two general styles of pl a tes. havebeen employ'ed; The zplates were first -pnt into use without top flanges'thatis, .tianges on the top of th'e plate against which the mil flange could abutgnd the. plate thereby be .utilized' to pr'eensequnt wideni'u'gof the gage; hut in the use of thesesmoothtop plates it was found that the Constant thi'uts of the rail laterally teudedtoeheanthe spike end the ltter had to 'be ffeoueutl-renewed. To l'elieve the spike 'andobvite .this item of renewals the plate which the rail flange could bear, the flange on the-'under side of theplate which engeged the tie supposedly holding the plate against any-inovement along the-'tie and the plate therehy relieving'; the spikes from the shearing action of' the mil-caused byits lateral thrus't; bitt-nthe use'iof these -plates' with top 'fiauges ithas been' fond thatthe lateral thrust 'of therail has' caused the .flange's' on' the under side o'f: th`= plate'tobreak o'r'coni;

press the Wood. fibers. end allow the plate lto` crep 'along the. tie' 'longitodinally thereof. When the plate has once moved 'it has been'l practioally impossible A'to again hold thel top flange against the railf'fla'nge after the'rail has been'retur'ned toitsoriginaland proper position, since. the uhder flanges have no Wood to' abnt' agai'nst,^the"result being that even with the top' fie'nge onf the pla'te,'the spike has had to take the thrust'of the mil afterthe plte'lhas been*- iu ns'e ;i shoi't ti'nie thus renderingusflf=` t.9P`. -;fl` soon 's-liearing thespike. My invntlonhas for tion of a plate which Whileheinfg'' provided that after lt has been rnoved by the lateml pressure o! th e rai1' it, tigetlier 'withtherail4 5 5 'can be e'asl moveiback tolthe propei` post-i .tionto maiutain't'hefgge, sind hheld iu that:

position 'even .morefiunly thanjwhen o'xfigi.:

well.as very lightfweigh,t. i

It consists in a comhinati npf; devices: and applianceshereinafter.desoribedzindolaimedz In thedrawingsfFigui'e'll isapla-u vie'wol" the rail andplate thexfeon end portion ot'thel tie. Fi..v 2

showing an end elenatio'n of'the plate. 'Fig.--

3 is a, cross-section ofthe rail and side ieleva'- tiono the plate. w

Incarrying out the iuvention''A represeu'ts the track rai-l; B'the-ftigamd C the'ztie: plate.

The plate is preferably; a'lthouglrnot newsserii)r fo'mcd into the sha'pe shown in'o`repar--' ticnlarly inf Fig; 2', :that is tosay, what may be' "termed a trnsseds'hape so th'tt" ienges';re"=

provided on both' 'thewn'der 'side' at 03" 02- oz;

c8 and top sides' as' fat'ef;l -l Oni' t.he*"to'p siden way of' for' the' railjofwhfa't' mafyfhe' termedfiflthe railv seat is provided: "fhe tlztngefs' on the.l a:

under side are tprefrblyishaped with com-'f paratively' sharp edgesl 12* so' that they-stillreadily'enter a'ndeeparate'the'grin'of' the tie. 'As will be 'seen`l` when-'iii position the'ex-j or square and forming ebutr'nent's 'to' 'preft'eiit :9b

so'far as possible 'theplate'f'i'oni creeping along' 'the tie. It wi l'l'be ohseryed that by thisjj fonnof plate there is much less opportunity cludi 'moisture from vth'ewood under the*| plate. A'formol' plate sueh'es I havej ust def scrlbed le also of materlaladrantageinthat I am enabled tomalte: it mnch'lighter in weight.`

In this construction of plate with the same amount of material as is ordinarily used in' tie platee'a much Stronger plate is obtained. I'Iere'tofore. it has been a commercial necessity in order to getthe price .of platestwhere:

.they could be 'sold for use on'the 'cheaper grade of ties, to rednce and dimlnish as far ne possible the material and oonsequently the weight-of the plate:` The 'result has been that'.

with the plate flat and -thin it Yhas bucltled when .the'rail pressure has been broughton lt thereby dainagin; the tie as well :as-rendering the plate nseless as a. baring fot' the rail; butin my construction since lthepolnts where the rail reats are supported 'by metal more orloss iu upright position the plate 'iaT gretl' strengthened without addition of weight. So

also by aconstrnetio as above the' top o fl the plate where the rail is seated com prison a-eef series of depres' ries of fiat portions with a sionsi between; so thatwhile there' is abundant'wearing 'surface between the rall andj plate, there is' space for eand, cinder'thc., to work out.

' the draining off of water altd vxxioistnrefso 'that in cold weather the topof the plate, particularly the 'space between the railt'aod pilateisv not covere'd with ice and the ifrltion between the 'rail and plate thereby either lasseiied, or obvi't'ed entir'ely. i

I will now describ'e the second feathreof invention, viz.', the ablli'ti to adjtst theplate thesoindentations or perforationsj willl b'e to take up any -widenin'g of the gage due'tof the later-al movemeht'ol 'the plate and'ralilt The ends of the eugaging'fianges' on the nnder side of theplate'are regularly' etjepp'ed or.

cut ou a diagon'al line as-cotnpared with-the rail-flange. 't is of conree-obviois` that the' ends of the flnugee might be out-on :nie difagonal line or the entir'e end o fthe plate' out in this way. -In my present drawintge I 'have shown the latter,constructiomtheentire end of the plate'beiu'g sheared-diagonaliy-asfat 1).' The operation is-as--folluwszi Thefpl'a'tezisf of course Originally engaged to the'tie in'su'c'h a location as that the rail will bo ini proper posif tion to form the proper gage of track. .Eathi' of theflanges c to-o3 will displae 'enough'of the fiber tonllow them to enter the-face offthe tie. time the lateral pre'ssnre of. the railwill'move the plate to agreater or lesslextent along the'V length of'the tle and the ends d of each flange c to o' 'will compress thaliber inl advance :of

it.. Now if the plate is removed thei'e will be a series of ipdentations or perforations'inihe face o f the tiemade'by .the flanges oto ox and stepped o'r'onv e. diagonel..l linef; ThefplateI -is lnow replaced bu the tie withthe edge E moved toja position shown bydotted. lines'F.-;-.` 'L`his will bring each flange oto ci'ntofthe-indenf tation or .prfor'ation Originally.- ;Occdpied :bythe flange next wd'jacent with .the exception of the flange o3 nearest the edge E, this flange;

eaaoe V Again, thesedepressions .permlt After the plate has .been i -use'eolhez' :makinge newtnnentatloh forfitself'. Now if.

the end of ,each llange o to o is brought to;

a hearlng against the end of the ndentatiou' made b the next preeedlng fiange and the leads o! these lianges are a diegonat line ae compared to therailtiangertheplnte will be found to have o'ovedlengthwise of the tie a dis'tanoeeqtmi to the diiferenc'e between the length of, each plate liangemeasnred from its end to the rail ilange. Now as will be seen this mot'ement of' the' platelengthwiee of tht tiewjll force the ritil laterally a corresponding distance, thns-restoring the desired gage. of the track, if 'one ehifting of thel plate is not snlcient'to' taltehp the ahnor'mal `width of the gage,..or if after the plate: bag-been 'I 'and as I will presentl-y explain' this will give an vopportunity to revers'e theplate end 'for end and obtain 'additional adj nstlnents. 'lt 'ie obvione that after'the second' adjnsjtnient the flange c' willl oecupy the space Originally i ;ocoupied by the tiangec't Now by teren-sing vthe plateend forend, the end csof'thetian'ge ovr'v'ould be'in the i'ndentatlon-originallyocenf pled by the flange o. 'I'lzerefot'e'byl making the distance between therail lian'ge and the end el raii' fllin'ge to the end c' an additional adjnsh rnent ie gainer! when the plate is revered end by making the ends c', c rret'meetlrely a "step longer thanj-- the 'preceding vtlangev .two

gs'i

one stpgreater than the dietancefrom the T more adj nstinentsare gaina'd. Itwillth'ne be seen that after the plate i-s leld lt 'can be' shifte'd twic'then turned end fo'r 'end (an ad- "justment'being' 'gaiued by lthe .thx-ring) and -Jhen shifted twioe, making-in all live -aljnsf- "inentsj. It is ob'viouahowever, that the humber of adjn'stment can bo grently increased ,the tle/ A material advantage inthns ex'nployin'g the indentatlona .for anothe'in flange afteritliey' hafYeonce beenjmatlehy a precedingflange, j is that every. time the plate s'hifts'; by virtne ot' o ,the pressureof the raillaterally, it com pres-s` the tibers in advance of it so that by the time the plate' has beenjadj ust'od once or twiceit 'takesmnch more presenroatid a mdehlongerf time-for the railetoshift'it more' i Another feature ofV the inven'tion'. is theprov-i'sioniof the paix's'o'f spikeholes in'di'agonai 'corners. This is fot' the purposeof perxhitting 'fth'e spike to be driven into the old -spiltehble' -.in the .tie after the plateh'aeloeen' adj listed,l ,thns obvlat'ng the necessity of 'driving a hew` hole injthe tie'every time the andi'thus spoiling the tie. o

. .lt is obvious that the constmetion'jnst describe'l is snsceptible of than): changes. and o see see he'divilel, or instea'd of tlanges they might.

- 'would emliody theessential x 5.

ter the tie'extending parallel-with the gmin..

'now 'on the market.

be mei'e'ly projeetions and the plate instead of having its end beveled might be .square, and the under tlanges alone he stepped; or-hnt' a single end of the plate need be stepped; or the flanges hwing one oi'more of their ends stepped might'be applied to a flat. plate .Or to' the numerons other constrnctions ,of plates o In all ot' the bove' nani'ed variations =the prinoiple. employed is the samo and each:

ideao! niy in-v'ention-which 'consists in providing a plate on its under side with 8 series of step'p'od flanges or projections, that is to sny-,'flanges or proieetions 'm'ranged'on a diagonal line withire'. spect to the i'nil tlangm What I elai'in isfthe tie plate provided with 'a seriesi'ol'steppe' lie engaging lati'on to the mil tlange, snhstantielly as der' soribed.

3; The oombintion with tlie'rail'nntie, of?

tlie' tie plate' provided on 'its nnder side 'with o f the tie, the opposite'ends of said flange'or tlanges being different ditanoes from th'e ver-A tical planie of th'ef'rail, snb's'tantially las del sci'ibed. 4. The combination with the reil an'dvtie of,

the tie plate provided on itsnnder side with a' series of tie engaging flanges o r projeetions,.-

ndnpt'etl to enter the tie the ends of the'flnges oi' projeetionsat one end-'of 'the-plate' being a' gi'entei'aggi'egnte distnnee from the rail flnge than the ends of the 'flanges at theother'em ot the platei snbstantilly as descrihed.

5. The combination with the railand tie'of the tie plate provided on its-nndersidexvith :i series of engaging .flanges or projeotio'ns,- "aflapted to enter thetie the ends ofwhich-fire with respect' toench'othe'r av'arible dista'nee endof the froni't'he Vertical p'lane of the rail tlange, the' ends of the flangesoi' pi'ojections at' one end of 'the 'plate 'aggregating a greterdistance fil'oni the rail vthings: then those at the other pntersuhstantielly ns desoribed.

G. The combination with the mil end the tie of the tie plate provided on its under side with a series of llanges adnpted to 'enter the tioancl nt least' a portion of which project beyond the Vertical plane of veneh edge of the mil llange, the series o fiangoe on one aida'oi and Jet. least. n 'portion-ot to, the mil' fi'ang'e,tt' 1e sidel of the rail tlange being longer than the I flanges or projections'on thenn-fi der side, each arranged to flt into the perfo-I.

fo'i'fined into e-'eeries of 'engogingilanges,'and the npperside ;tie'ot 'the 'plate' having on .or more holdingtlanges or projeotions adapted 'to' enterf,.f,nd"perfornte the tie; and'at least longer .than those o n the-other side, enbsten` tiall as deecribed; iA i i w 7.1 The'eonitinati' n with'therail andtie ot the tieplnte, provided 'on ita nnder exdewitb,

a series of tianges adepted to enter the tie.

which piozeete-'beyon'd the .verticelplne of' each edge of the reilflange, et leafat onefend of each fleuge bein'gnrranged on o* gliagonal line vith respect series oftinngesv on one .series on the other side, substantilly' do? ecribed. .81 'A ,'milwey'tie plate formed en the under 'side lwith--devee's ,more'or :less -aherp'ened adapted to penetrate nn'd engge the tie, end on itsnpperi-eide with a. series ot tlnnges'on which '-'the rail res'ts',l e'nbstantilly-ns de' :l -seribe`d;- 1. The combination with the railand tie of 9. A railwey tie platet'ormed `with mog' on the nnder side tor' enteriug sndeugngin the-'tie parallel with the grain thereof an having eli ,t'nenpper side depresex'ons parallel vwith enverionlly above .the tlanges on the under side',' snbstantially na' desenbed.

10. A'railway tie plate the body of whiehis fornie'd l.in-to sseriesof arehee,:the lower edg'es of said arehes being provided with tie-enter Ii; A railway'tie plnte the body of which i e arehes the lower edge: iee

withtie-entering and' othe plate having a series .of depressions vertically above aid eng'nging flan''zes, snbstnntiallyas described. 12'. 'A railv'a tie plate provided on its nn- 'der side with tie enggiug flanges morejorlexse sharpe'ned extending' parallel with the gram ,of -the tie, and w-itlr spikeholes extend'ing' of' :which nre" prov ided i fthr'oixgh said tianges,\ 'snhstaiitial ly as de'; no

smjibed..

113. A tie 'plate provided with 'nt let foilr f'spike hole m'ranged in pair-s in' diagoneleorners of the plte, substantiall'y as desoribed.

' 11. The combination 'with the'ra-il'a'nd'the its nnderside one one or more' additional tlnnges or projeetions on'the'pln'te, the letter being adiiferent dis- :na

:tancafrom the xertical 'plane'of therail and 'on a ;piano prnilelwith the length of the tie, difierent from the'tlrst nameditlnnge orp'rojeetion whereby when'the poition oftheplnte is changed so that. the second'flange enter-s x85 the perfox'nt'ione eri infilly'oe'npied by the tl'r'et` the pletef-hs teen shiitedi long the 'length of the tie, anbstantially as-deseribed,

In tee'tixnony when-eo! I eig'n this `spgeilicaz tion in the preeonee of two wltness'es.

BENJAMIN WOLHUFI`ER- Wltnessea:

W; H. Cnmnnnun, Fnonnncn Exnnm'. 

